Thomas moeeis



(No Model.) T. MORRIS.

LOUOMOTIVE FRAME PORGING DIE.

No. 298,109. I Patnted May 6, 1884.

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THOMAS MORRIS, OF DUNKIRK, NEW YORK.

LOCOMOTlVE-FRAME-FORGlNG DIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,109, dated May 6,1884.

Application filed April 25, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, THOMAS MORRIS, ofDunkirk, in the county of Chautauqua and State of New York, haveinvented new and.

leg-forgings have been welded together. by

keying or wedging in position, in a yoke, the leg-forgings' and clampingupon a head-block the top connecting-bar, and then uniting saidleg-forgings and top connecting-bar, after having been exposed to awelding-heat, by subjecting them to the required pressure.

Reference is to be'had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in

which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in allthe figures.

Figure l is a side elevation of one form of the bed-die of my invention,together with a side frame in it as when being Welded. Fig. 2 is a topor plan view. Fig.3 is a side elevation of the die modified a little inform for a frame of different form, also with side frame in it. Fig. 4is a transverse section on line 3/ y of Fig. 3, and Fig. 5 is atransverse section of Fig. 1 on line 00 w. I

I make a substantial bed or holding-die block, a, of cast-iron or otherapproved metal adapted for the bar bof the locomotive-frame to rest on,to the face of which bar the several parts are to be welded on by theblows or by pressure of a hammer or press die, to be worked by steam,hydraulic, or other power, as may be preferred. Grooves h are made inthe side of the block laterally to the face 0, to receive the legs d,and alsodiagonal grooves z, to receive the braces ef,when braces are tobe welded on. WVhen legs previously welded to connecting-braces 7c areto be welded on the bar b, grooves j, connecting the leg for afoundation.

and brace-grooves i h together, are formed. These bed-dies may havedifferent series of leg-grooves for frames of different arrangements ofthe legs, as in Fig. 1; or they may be so arranged that the frame may beshifted along the die by raising the legs out of one set of grooves andplacing them in another; or the die may be made with only a simple ar-,rangement of the grooves for one special form of frame, as in Fig. 3,and they may be made with or without a joint at Z, whereby the two partsmay be shifted more or less apart or together, for setting the die forframes of greater or less length between the inner or middle legs. r

The grooves for the legs and braces may be deeper than the thickness ofthe legs and braces, as in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, if desired,'and in thatcase a lever, m, may be pivoted on the face a, for securing the bar I)in its place While being welded, and an eccentric dog, it, may beemployed to secure the free end of the lever.

The bed or holding-die of the above-described construction may bearranged to hold the legs up vertically and to receive the hammer orpressure-die g from above, as represented in the drawings; or it' may beplaced horizontally or at any approved angle, being attached in anyapproved way and by any approved means to any substantial bed-piece, p,In this case I have represented the die a as being connected to thefoundation-bed p by a dovetail groove and rib at q, adapted to allow thedie to be shifted along under the hammer-die, if it may be desired to doso.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. An improved die for welding together the separate sections of awrought-metal locomotiveframe, consisting of plate a, with grooves h j,for the leg and brace forgings of the frame, and a ledge or table, 0,for supporting the topconnecting'- bar of the frame rate sections of awrought-metal loeoniotive- 3. The combination of the holding-lever inframe, the plate a, having grooves h t j, for the leg and brace forgingsof the frame, and a ledge or table, 0, for supporting the topeonnecting-bar of the frame that is to be welded \Vitnesses: to the legand brace forgings, substantially as l and for the purpose set forth.

with the bed-(lie (1, having face 0, and leggrooves 71, substantially asdescribed. 3 THOMAS MORRIS.

LUTHER BLANCHARD, KATE L. MoRRIs.

